Coin packer



Sept- 24, 1940- M. L. guiarsmA 42,215,858

l COIN PACKER Filed June 6. 1939 ff f@ 5 www y. sama( www WMM ATTORNEY.

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. incline forwardly when pushed, at such an angle 'means may be usedunder the other tongues.

as to easily enter the open end of the container B.

In the front bevel side of the board I0 is a cylindrical recess 31 whichis larger in diameter than the diameter of the curve of the groove II byan amount which corresponds to the thickness of'the tube which is topackagey the dimes from this groove.V Similar cylindrical recesses areformed in front of the various grooves 38 in front of groove I2, 39 infront of groove I3, 40 in front y lining 43 having a forwardlyprojecting tongue which extends out over the recess 31, the tongues 43,44, 45, 46,41, being sections of the cylinder of the lining of thecorresponding groove and having a projecting tongue and may be cut awayin the sides in the form of a spoon and preferably formed with materialthat has some resiliency so that the end of the tongue is slightlyadaptable when inserted in the end of a. coin tube. Under the front edgeof each tongue and counter-sunk in the recesses 31, 38, 39, 40, and 4'Iare cut-away depressions 48 which permit the facile insertion of thefront edgel of a tube under the corresponding edge of the tongues 43,etc.

' As soon as the tube is passed to the rear of the recess, itstraightens out and lies in parallel with -the corresponding groove, theaperture in the tube facing the groove to receive the inclined stack ofcoins as shown in Fig. 3. At the rear of each groove, a smallcounter-sink may be'formed in the-top of the recesses 31, 38, 39, 40,and 4I and 'ya small 'spring 50 pinned thereto by pin 5I may bepositioned so that as the tube is pushed back against the wall 42, asshown in Fig. 4, the spring 50 resiliently presses on the outside wallof the tube to press the inner wall of. the tube up against the underwall of the tongue 43. Similar resilient A modified tongue 52 is shownin Fig. 5.

VI-Iaving shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention andrealizing that, in

l "view of my disclosure, many changes will readily 'occurin details ofconstruction, in materials and inl'size and relationship of parts, andthat the board I0 may be separated into'one or a plurality of grooves, Ido not limit myself except asin the appended claims.

I claim:

1'. A device for packaging coins, comprising a -block having a straightgrooveto receive a stack of. coins, said groove being of such curvaturein cross-section as to contact with the coins at points below theircenter, the front end of the groove Aterminating in the -side oftheblock, a tongue which is a continuation of the groove and mount- 'edon and extending forward of the front edge f ,of the groove and asupport under the tongue on which the end of a. tube can rest, saidsupport having a cylindrical curvature the radius of which is greaterthan'that of a cylindrical tube to receivethe coins, but open at the topfor its full width.

2. A device i'or packaging coins comprising in combination a blockhaving a groove to receive a stack of coins, said groove being of suchcurvature in cross-section as to contact with the coins only atpoints'below their center, a support below the irontedge of said groove,said support having a curvature concentric with the groove andl having aradius greater than the radius of curvature of the outer wall of apackage adapted to receive a stack of coins from said groove, saidsupport being open at, the top, a 'tongue which is a continuation of thegroove, projecting from the front edge of-said groove over the support,and a recess counter-sunk in the top of said support under and near theend of the tongue.

3. A device for packaging coins, comprising in combination a blockhaving a groove to receive a stack of coins, said groove being of suchcurvature in cross-section as to contact with the coins .only at pointsbelow their center, a tongue which is a continuation of the groove andmounted on the front edge of and extending forward of said groove, asupport in the block in front of said groove, said support having a topwall curved concentrically withthe groove and to conform with theoutside wall of a package to be filled but open at the top for its fullwidth, a recess counter-sunk in the top wall of said support under andnear the end of said tongue, and a resilient member -mounted on theblock so it yieldably engages the cylindrical curvature below saidtongue for supporting the edge of a package but open at the top for itsfull width, said tongue being formed of resilient material.

5. A device for packaging coins comprising in combination, a blockhaving a straight groove to receive a stack oi. coins, said groove beingof such curvature in crossesection as to contact with the coins only atpoints below their centers, a thin forwardly projecting tongue, which isa continua-- tion of the groove, on the lower front edge of the groove,and a support in the block in front of the groove and below the tongueand extending under the groove, the lower wall of the groove at thefront having a radius ofcurvature no greater than the radius of thecurvature of the inside oi a tubular package to be lled, and saidsupport extending up on each side of the groove so that the top of thesupport is less than half a cylinder and having a radius larger thanthat of the cylindrical outer wall of the package to be lled.

MORRIS L. snoo'rsKY.

